Finally got around to seeing “Minority Report”, I’ve had it on tape for a couple of months but never was in the mood to have a look at it. And I have to say I wasn’t missing out on much. The vision of the future was somewhat interesting, the cars, the computer equipment, not to mention the advertising. Pretty much based on ideas scientists play around with these days I imagine.

I have a fundamental problem with the predicton of the future, it goes back to Greek mythology and the Oracle which made prophesies. It’s been far too long since I read up on the subject, but there was a God to whom a son was born. The God went to the Oracle to hear about his son’s future and learnt that his child would eventually kill him. He ordered for the son to be killed but he wasn’t, he was adopted by a family. Then the son grew up to kill his father, the dictator, without knowing his relation to him. And that’s a very superficial summary but the irony here is that hadn’t the father gone to the Oracle and learnt the future, it wouldn’t have been what it was. That’s the core issue here, hearing the prophesy will alter the future from what it would be if you hadn’t heard it. (more…)